The Bluewaters Power Station Project is a single unit coal fired power station with a sent out capacity of approximately 200 Megawatts. The site is located near Collie, Western Australia. The sub-critical design will include fabric filter technology in the dust collection plant and a water cooled condenser with a cooling tower. Coal will be supplied directly from the Project Owner’s local mine. The Bluewaters Power Station will supply electricity to customers in the proposed Coolangatta Industrial Estate, or via the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).

The Griffin Group awarded the turnkey EPC Contract for the power station to Mitsui and Co. Ltd [“Mitsui”] on 22 December 2005 with the project to be completed by November 2008. Mitsui subsequently engaged Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd [“IHI”] and its Australian subsidiary IHI Engineering Australia Pty. Ltd. [“IEA”] as the subcontractor to undertake the EPC works required under the EPC Contract. The construction site works will be managed by IEA.

The Bluewaters Power Station will comprise the following components:

• boiler and turbine power block;
• mechanical draft cooling tower;
• flue gas cleaning equipment;
• a 100m stack;
• ash and dust disposal plant;
• water treatment plant;
• generator transformer switchyard;
• transmission line connection to Western Power Corporation switchyard;
• buildings for administration, stores, water, sewage treatment, and chemical
storage;
• liquid fuel storage facilities (typically for start-up purposes);
• communications and control systems;
• water supplies;
• electrical supplies;
• drainage systems;
• roads and fencing; and
• saline wastewater discharge via the existing Collie Power Station ocean outfall.

Initial site benching earthworks and roadworks started in April/May 2006, with the main Civil Works commencing on site in the latter half of 2006. Mechanical, electrical and control works will commence progressively on site during 2007, with commissioning following in 2008.